Essays Tagged: "biological factors"

er to that question is that something about our genetic composition changes with birth order due to biologicalfactors such as the age of the mother. However, scientists believe that the explanations ...

the dispositional and humanistic perspectives. The dispositional perspective has long argued for a biological account of traits. This can then be associated with predictable personalities which in tu ... believer of free will, the humanistic perspective has always argued that despite environmental and biologicalfactors, people have the ability to act and change in ways that they themselves govern. T ...

, there are two Psychological theories for what makes people behave as they do and they are nature (biologicalfactors) versus nurture (environmental factors). The nature theory would suggest that cer ... would suggest that certain people would gravitate towards evil because there is something in their biological make-up that causes them to behave this way. On the other hand, the nurture theory would ...

ound their health until they are actually ill or people think that their health is only affected by biologicalfactors. However, our health should be a focus in our lives because our daily life has an ... a focus in our lives because our daily life has an affect on our health. Illness does not only have biological causes but is also influenced by social factors such as the socially imposed roles of gen ...

e events and psychosocial factors. Nevertheless, evidence has been found that strongly suggest that biologicalfactors such as genes and neurotransmitters play a role in mood disorders such as bipolar ... sorders (cite). In this paper, a milder unipolar depression, dysthymia, will be examined as whether biologicalfactors play a role in it. Dysthymia is defined as a mild chronic depression which last a ...

e concerned with scientifically identifying the causes of criminal behavior in individual offenders.Biological Factors in CrimeNot many want to believe there is any such thing as a "bad seed;" that he ... tic or physiological components are the sole causal agents in behavior.In the past, theories of the biological aspects of criminal behavior were marked by a general lack of knowledge regarding the hum ...

ication; (c) the presence of repetitive behaviour (O'Riordan, 2001). It is believed to be caused by biologicalfactors due to: neurological symptoms, mental handicap, genetic causes, infections, and a ...

one's sexuality and romantic relationships. Many authors debate over the importance of hormones and biologicalfactors versus environmental factors in relation to sexual development. Despite Freud's n ... ence on a person's sexual development. So, does a child's sexual and romantic development depend on biological or environmental factors or a combination of both?Environmental Influences on Sexual/Roma ...

s considered to be the major cause of death in the United States. Whether the deaths are related to biologicalfactors, such as genetics or high cholesterol levels, cardiovascular disease is a major c ... such as blood pressure, cholesterol levels, fatty streak formation on walls of arteries, and other biologicalfactors that are associated with cardiovascular disease.The cardiovascular benefits deriv ...

lly known, but it is believed that depression is caused by a combination of several factors such as biological and psychosocial factors. One can't say that one factor is more important to the causes o ... to the causes of depression than the other because both have its own significant role in depression.Biological factors such as the fluctuation of chemicals in the brain and genetics play a major role ...

AbstractObesity is a globally escalating health problem. The following report concentrates on what biologicalfactors are related to obesity and how can it be overcome.OutlineObesity is an increasing ... pids) in the adipose tissue of the body. This paper addresses the various relations of obesity with biologicalfactors.Obesity and Biological FactorsObesity is the most common nutritional disorder in ...

nknown. Some physicians and scientists think it comes from a variety of environmental, and genetic, biologicalfactors that set off incidents of the bipolar disorder. There is said to be evidence that ...

e to single out one particular cause of criminal behavior. Criminal behavior often stems from both biological and environmental factors. In many cases criminals share similar physical traits which t ... ually have. For example criminals have smaller brains than properly adjusted individuals. However biological reasons cannot solely be the cause of criminal behavior. Therefore, one must look to oth ...

research examines environmental conditions. Others concentrate on the connection between crime and biologicalfactors such as brain structure and chemical imbalances. And others emphasize people's em ...

cism 9. Stacking 10. International Examples 11. Rugby League Example 12. Rationale for Stacking (1) Biological (2) Psychological (3) Sociological.13. Summary CONCEPT OF RACE The point I want to stress ... categories are grounded in social meanings and social definitions; they are not based on objective biologicalfactors. Firstly, the concept of race is historically and culturally dependant. Historica ...

belongs to either the male or female sex category, is the result of humans being obedient to their biological genes (nature) or to their environmental upbringing (nurture). Biologists tend to believe ... Many experiments have shown that biologists are correct, that human beings follow nature and other biologicalfactors in forming gender identity. (I am changing it to: Biologists are correct though, ...